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REEL 1 Background in Freckleton, Lancs, 1923-1939: family and education. Period as civilian in GB, 1939-1941. Recollections of period as army officer in GB, 1941-1943: character of training at OCTU Wrotham; quality of officer training; commissioning into King's Regt, 1943; move to 4th Bn East Lancashire Regt, 1943. Voyage from GB to India aboard Moreton Bay, 1943: hierarchy aboard ship; question of survival chances depending on deck level; arrival in Bombay, 8/1943. Recollections of operations as commander of 14 Platoon, C Coy, 9th Bn Border Regt, 17th Indian Div in Burma, 11/1943-5/1944: journey to join unit at Tiddim, 11/1943; composition of 17th Indian Div; arrival at unit at Tiddim, 11/1943.
REEL 2 Continues: nature of terrain in Tiddim area especially the Chocolate Staircase, 1943-1944; patrolling activity; problems of operating in terrain; role as platoon commander; Japanese attack, 3/1944; British methods of counteracting Japanese tactics, spring 1944.
REEL 3 Continues: advance with armoured support at Potsangbam, 14/5/1944; wounding by Japanese shell-fire, Potsangbam,14/5/1944; evacuation from battlefield; reaction to wounding and medical treatment received for wounds; performance of British troops, spring 1944; sense of reliance on comrades; attitude of Japanese to taking prisoners; attitude towards Japanese; behaviour of Chins; uniform worn in action.
REEL 4 Continues: living conditions; conditions on Kennedy Peak; his immunity to malaria. Question of lack of experience of civil unrest in India, 1943. Question of his recovery from his wounds. Period with Allied Land Forces South East Asia Headquarters in India and Singapore: role and duties in Calcutta; state of Singapore on liberation, 1945

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